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Weather extremes

How extreme does Marsabit's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Marsabit has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Marsabit station 11 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Marsabit has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Mar 28, 2003

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Marsabit (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Mar 28, 2003
2 99°F Feb 23, 1992
3 99°F Jan 30, 1996
❄️ Coldest night
33°F Jul 17, 2004

About 25°F colder than a normal July night in Marsabit (typical low near 58°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 33°F Jul 17, 2004
2 35°F Jul 1, 2007
3 42°F Sep 30, 2005
🌧️ Most rain in one day
10.49 in Nov 29, 2007

More rain in a single day than Marsabit usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 5.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.49 in Nov 29, 2007
2 10.10 in Apr 27, 2003
3 8.91 in Nov 12, 2006

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 100°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Marsabit's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 100°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Marsabit's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as 33°F. A single day has delivered over 10 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Marsabit, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →